In 2023, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats who control the state legislature grappled over a weeks-late budget and left Albany for the year disagreeing over the governor’s housing proposal. Now, lawmakers are preparing to return to the capitol for the new session starting Jan. 3. For a preview we speak with WNYC capitol reporter Jon Campbell.
We catch up with New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat running for another six-year term in November.
We talk politics, and what comes next after the "big, beautiful bill," with Mass. Rep. Richard Neal.
We call up WAMC commentator Steven Gottlieb — professor emeritus at Albany Law school and the author of Unfit for Democracy: The Roberts Court...